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Год: 1917

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В.Кондратьев Самолеты первой мировой войны

"Ньюпор-24"/-24бис/-27

   Последние представители семейства "классических" полуторапланов "Ньюпор" с V-образными межкрыльевыми стойками. От предшественников отличались, прежде всего, "граненым" фюзеляжем и элеронами без расширения со скругленными законцовками. Кроме того, "Ньюпор-24" и -27 имели вертикальное оперение округлой формы с небольшим килем, а "Ньюпор-27" - новую форму стабилизатора и хвостового костыля. "Ньюпор-24бис" выпускался с типичным для более ранних "ньюпоров" вертикальным оперением, состоящим только из руля поворота.
   Все три модификации оснащались ротативными моторами "Рон" в 120 л.с. или аналогичными "Клерже" той же мощности. Стандартным вооружением был синхронный "Виккерс", который нередко дополнял курсовой "Льюис" над верхним крылом.
   "Ньюпор-24" появился в конце 1916 года, а прототип "Ньюпора-27" прошел летные испытания в феврале 1917-го. Машины были запущены в серию, однако к тому времени во Франции уже выпускался более энерговооруженный СПАД S-VII, которому "ньюпоры" проигрывали в скорости, прочности конструкции и разгонных характеристиках. В результате большинство из 1100 поздних французских "ньюпоров" отправили в летные школы и учебные подразделения.
Как и предыдущие версии машины, "Ньюпор-24" и -27 выпускались в России на заводе "Дукс", где сделано по разным данным от 100 до 150 экземпляров, а также на итальянской фирме "Ньюпор-Макки". 50 штук построено на английском филиале фирмы "Ньюпор". Эти машины состояли на вооружении 6-го и 11 -го дивизионов RNAS.
   Американцы закупили 140 "ньюпоров-24" и более 280 "ньюпоров-27", однако все они использовались только в качестве учебных. Небольшое количество "ньюпоров-24" выпустила по лицензии японская фирма "Токорасава".
   Если в Западной Европе боевая карьера "ньюпоров-24" и -27 оказалась короткой и закончилась уже в 1917 году, то в России они провоевали гораздо дольше. Завод "Дукс" продолжал выпускать "Ньюпор-24бис" до конца гражданской войны (окончание "бис" в документах обычно не ставили, поэтому все российские "ньюпоры" с "гранеными" бортами называли просто "двадцать четвертыми" или "тип XXIV"). Последняя партия поступила на вооружение РККВФ весной 1920 года и сразу отправилась на польско-советский фронт. В 1921-м "ньюпоры-24" участвовали в подавлении кронштадтского мятежа, а после окончания гражданской войны еще несколько лет применялись в летных школах. Приказ об их окончательном снятии с вооружения и отправке на слом вышел только в 1925 году. Японские "ньюпоры" также прослужили до середины 20-х годов.

  
ДВИГАТЕЛЬ: "Рон", 130 л.с. ("Ньюпор"24 и 24бис) или "Клерже",120 л.с. ("Ньюпор"27).
  
ВООРУЖЕНИЕ: аналогично "Ньюпору"17.
  

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  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
  • L.Andersson Soviet Aircraft and Aviation 1917-1941 (Putnam)
  • W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters
  • A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov The Imperial Russian Air Service (Flying Machines)
  • R.Mikesh, A.Shorzoe Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941 (Putnam)
  • E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918
  • J.Davilla Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 75)
  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    One of the earliest French-built Nie.17bis to be delivered to the RNAS received the British serial number N3102. It was at the Dunkerque Depot by April 19 1917, and was delivered to No.6 (Naval) Squadron on April 23. It was back at the Depot by June 13, and was deleted later that year. When photographed it had the unusual (for the type) feature of a British roundel on the fuselage.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Marked, not with an SFA number, but with the British serial N3195, this French-built Nie.17bis was an aircraft of No.6 (Naval) Squadron. It had been delivered to Villacoublay by February 27 1917, to the RNAS Depot at Dunkerque during the first week of March, and to No.6 (Naval) on March 9. On May 3, N3195 crashed on the aerodome of No.52 Squadron, RFC, at Longavesnes; its pilot, FSL R W Berridge, sustained fatal injuries. The wrecked aircraft was taken to the Dunkerque Depot and was deleted on June 27 1917.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Wearing the RNAS serial number N3204, this Nie.17bis had been completed by March 2 1917, and arrived at the Dunkerque Depot of the RNAS during the week ending March 8. It was with No.6 (Naval) Squadron by March 15, and acquired a marking of a broad band, possibly red, round the rear fuselage. Its engine cowling and wheel covers were also painted in a dark, and presumably matching, colour. When photographed, it was armed with both a fixed, synchronized Vickers gun, and an overwing Lewis gun. N3204 was lost on June 6 1917, when its wings came off during combat with Vzfw. Riesinger of Jasta 12, to whom its destruction was credited; the Nieuport’s pilot, Flight Lieutenant F P Reeves, was killed. Apparently the remains of the aircraft fell in the Allied lines, for the wreckage was sent to the Dunkerque Depot next day for survey, and it was deleted on June 25 1917.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    This British built Nie.17bis appeared to have clear-doped fabric on its fuselage, with its British serial number in black, but only partly visible in this photograph. It had a non-standard mounting for a sprung tailskid, and its engine appeared to be a 110-hp Le Rhone. If so, the aircraft was something of a hybrid.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Two of No.6 (Naval) Squadron’s Nie.17bis. The nearer appears to have only the Vickers gun in place; its engine cowling and wheel covers are in a dark colour. The other Nie.17bis beyond appears to be finished in PC10.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    When photographed, aircraft 2 of No.6 (Naval) Squadron had its overwing Lewis gun in place. Its engine cowling and wheel covers appear to be unpainted, but the wing roundels seem to be in the French style and colouring.
    The Nie 17bis saw only limited French service, but was used in some numbers by the RNAS.

  • K.Delve - World War One in the Air /Crowood/

    The Nieuport 17bis differed from the 17/23 (those two types being virtually indistinguishable) in its circular fuselage and the use of a Clerget engine in place of the normal 110hp Le Rhone.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    When photographed at East Fortune, N5874 had its serial number in black on fuselage and rudder, in different styles of characters. This 130-hp Nie.17bis was delivered to Hendon on August 9 1917, and by September 22 was at Fast Fortune as a defensive aircraft. On January 3 1918, it was deleted to become a source of spares, but was apparently reprieved in Spring that year when selected for museum preservation. On April 30 it was delivered, engineless, apparently from the Southern Aircraft Repair Depot, Farnborough, to the Agricultural Hall, Islington. Inevitably, it was subsequently destroyed, with virtually all of the several score other types that had been set aside for preservation.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    As seen in this photograph, the Nie.17bis that bore the name Tweedledum had its serial number on the rudder only. Regrettable this is nol legible on the original photograph.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    A Flight of Nie.17bis of No.6 (Naval) Squadron. N3196 (RNAS serial number) had readied Villacoublay by February 27 1917, and was at the Dunkerque Depot early in March. It went to No.6 (Naval) on March 10, and was back at the Depot by June 7.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Nieuports 17bis of No.6 (Naval) Squadron at rest in Spring sunshine. The four at left all have their Lewis guns mounted: aircraft I seems to have French-sequence roundels; the more distant Nieuport at right has two dark-coloured bands (possibly red) round its fuselage.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    View of N5875 (110 hp Clerget), which was delivered to Hendon for erection on August 8 1917, and was allocated to Chingford as a defensive aircraft on August 27. Both it and N5876 were still there on March 30 1918.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    View of N5875 (110 hp Clerget), which was delivered to Hendon for erection on August 8 1917, and was allocated to Chingford as a defensive aircraft on August 27. Both it and N5876 were still there on March 30 1918.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    There appeared to be a curious lack of uniformity in the manner of applying serial numbers to the Nie.17bis of the British-built batch N5860 - N5909. Here N5872 displays white numerals and minor markings on a PC10 painted fuselage. This aircraft had been delivered to Hendon on July 11 1917, and by July 20 was at Eastchurch as a home defence fighter; it had a 110-hp Clerget 9Z engine. It was deleted during the week ending February 9 1918.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    An interesting size and style of serial number presentation appeared on N5876, which, when photographed, also had its number painted on the underside of the lower wings. At least one of these photographs was taken at Old Sarum on an unknown date, but probably after the formation of the Royal Air Force.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    An interesting size and style of serial number presentation appeared on N5876, which, when photographed, also had its number painted on the underside of the lower wings. At least one of these photographs was taken at Old Sarum on an unknown date, but probably after the formation of the Royal Air Force.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    It was agreed on October 19 1917, that a few British built Nie.17bis could be handed over lo Handley Page to provide training in aircraft erecting for girls who had been engaged by the company for that task. That N5904 was one such aircraft appears to be confirmed by this photograph of the fuselage of N5904 beside that of a Handley Page O/100 (probably one of the six numbered B9446-B9451).

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: Handley Page O/100 / H.P.11 - Великобритания - 1915

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    One of 15 Nie.24 and 24bis handed over by the French authorities during the week ending July 28, 1917, N4662 become B3601 in the RFC. It was flown from Villacoublay to No.2 AD Candas on July 27, and these photographs taken there were dated July 28. It went first to No.40 Squadron on August 15, and on August 20 2/Lt. A E Godfrey took it to other squadrons of the 1st Brigade to show it as a new type to their members. On August 22, Godfrey on B3601 claimed an enemy two-seater out of control near Hulluch. Following a landing crash on September 21, B3601 presumably went to an AD for repair, for it was not on No.40 Squadron's strength on October 5, nor was it among the 17 assorted Nieuports that the squadron returned to No.2 AD on October 12, 13 and 15, when No.40 re-equipped with SE5as. B3601 was recorded as on the strength of No.2 ASD on February 5 1918, and was issued to No.29 Squadron on March 30. On April 7 Lt. A G Wingate-Gray failed to return from a special mission on B3601, a loss not reported by the Germans, but Wingate-Gray survived to be made PoW.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    B3591 of the RFC was with No.111 Squadron in Palestine by January 1918, when Lt. W S Lighthall flew it for the first time. He made many flights in this Nie.24bis while with the squadron. The background to this photograph, which includes a Sopwith Pup, suggests that it might have been taken at Abu Qir, perhaps at a time when B3591 had been relegated to training duties.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    A closer look at B3591's cockpit area, a photograph taken when, armed and equipped with an Aldis sight, it was operational with No.111 Squadron. The name Frances was painted in small characters just abaft the roundel on the port side, and the top decking was apparently painted in two colours, perhaps by way of camouflage. The coloration of the wings is indistinct, but might also have been in corresponding colours.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Lt. A Eckley in the cockpit of No.111 Squadron's Nie.24bis B3591, evidently at a different time, for here it has both a Vickers and a Lewis gun. A semi-conical fairing has been fitted over the belt feed to the Vickers, and the Aldis sight is aligned with that gun.

  • W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

    The Nie 24bis actually preceded the Nie 24 into service and closely resembled the Nie 17bis.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Contemporary with B3591 in No.111 Squadron was its sister Nie.24bis B3592, here photographed with Lt. R J P Grebby, its pilot. At this time the Vickers gun (but not its belt feed fairing) had been removed. Four narrow bands, probably red, were painted round the rear fuselage, space being allowed for the name Demoiselle just behind the roundel. The mainplanes were in dark colours on the upper surfaces, and on the fuselage top decking there was a coloured (blue?) area about the cockpit and the head fairing.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Another study of B3592, here seen with its the Vickers gun in place, the alignment of the Aldis sight varying with the presence or absence of that weapon.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    A well-known but informative photograph of Lt. T O Clogstoun of No.111 Squadron in a Nieuport, probably a 24bis, of that unit. His aircraft is armed with twin lewis guns on parallel Foster mountings and separate forward supports, an unusual installation. The visible gun is a Mark II Lewis that has had most of the casing cut away; the Aldis sight is on struts suspended from the upper wing, and is supplemented by ring-and-bead sights, the bead apparently mounted on the inboard side of the starboard half of the inverted-V strut. Still in place are the forward supports for the Vickers gun, offset to starboard. The weighty and drag-creating combination of guns, stays, bungee cards, firing and release cables, and sights must have impaired the Nieuports performance severely.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    This study of B3604 leaves no doubt that, when photographed, this Nie.24bis was in overall aluminium finish. Originally numbered N4666 by the SFA, it was one of 15 Nie.24s and 24bis that were handed over at Villacoublay for the RFC during Ihe week ending July 28 1917. lt was flown to No.2 AD Candas on that date, but probably did not go to a squadron. In September 1917 it was in use at the Scout School at No.2 AD.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Charles Nungesser’s Nie.25, N5324, photographed at Dunkerque with some RNAS DH4s behind. The type number 25 can be seen in small characters just under the tailplane. Also discernible in this photograph are the tricolour stripes that Nungesser had painted on the fuselage decking and the wings.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    It is not known how many Nie.25s were built, nor how many were allocated to Charles Nungesser. His seeming personal attachment to the number N1895 has been mentioned elsewhere; here it reappears on a Nie.25, but it is not known whether this was N5324 renumbered or another Nie.25. This photograph shows the very deep engine cowling and broad-chord fairings on the undercarriage V-struts, distinguishing features of this rare variant.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Presumably the same Nie.25, showing the tricolor diagonals on wings and fuselage that distinguished Nungesser's aircraft. The type number 25 is just within the frame of this photograph, painted in small characters on the rudder.

  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

    Nieuport 25 of N 65 with the personal insignia of Charles Nungesser.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    The Nie.25 in a hangar with its starboard access panel removed. This photograph indicates that the Nie.25 had, in its undercarriage, the articulated two-piece axle that was subsequently to distinguish the Nie.27.

  • Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/

    A view of a Nieuport Nie.25 with Nungesser in the cockpit. The onlookers appear to be Belgian officers.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Nungesser in his Nieuport 17bis.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    All the principal identifying characteristics of the Nie.27 can be seen in these views of the RFC's B3650. It was at No.I AD. St-Omer, by September 13 1917, by which date some 38 Nie.27s had been delivered to the RFC. B3650 went to No.l Squadron that month, and was back at No.l AD by November 21. It went to No.29 Squadron on March 16 1918, but the squadron's re-equipment with SE5as began next month, and B3650 was one of the 14 Nie.27s that were sent to the Reception Park at Marquise on April 19. It was flown to England next day.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    All the principal identifying characteristics of the Nie.27 can be seen in these views of the RFC's B3650. It was at No.I AD. St-Omer, by September 13 1917, by which date some 38 Nie.27s had been delivered to the RFC. B3650 went to No.l Squadron that month, and was back at No.l AD by November 21. It went to No.29 Squadron on March 16 1918, but the squadron's re-equipment with SE5as began next month, and B3650 was one of the 14 Nie.27s that were sent to the Reception Park at Marquise on April 19. It was flown to England next day.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    B3637 was another of No.29 Squadron's Nie.27s that went to Marquise Reception Park on April 19 1918. It had been one of the first six Nie.27s to go to No.29 Squadron on September 7 1917, when it had engine No. T6203Jb. It was sent to No.l AD for repair on October 16, and returned to No.29 Squadron on January 10 1918. On January 2d Lt. E S Meek, on B3637, sent down a Fokker Dr.l out of control south of Roulers; and on January 29 Meek destroyed an Albatros D.V east of Moorsede.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    B6768 was a Nie.27 of No.l Squadron in Autumn 1917. On October 5, Sergeant G P Olley on B6768 destroyed a German two-seater west of Roulers; and on October 24, 2/Lt. W D Patrick shared with Captain P F Fullard's B6789 in the defeat of another two-seater sent down out of control. On January 9 1918. Lt. R C Sotham, flying B6768 (then with engine No.51270), was reported missing in action. He was made PoW, and the Nieuport was lost.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Again like B3650, B3637 was flown to England on April 20 1918. By May 9 it was at the RAF Farnborough, and was flown by Major Roderic Hill, here seen with B3637 in a photograph dated March 11 1919. By that time, it had been fitted with anti-twist stays to the lower wing at the struts.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Seen in this photograph in overall aluminium finish, B6821 went lo No.29 Squadron on October 18 1917. On November 8 Lt. J G Coombe, on B6821, sent down a German two-seater out of control over Houthulst. The Nie.27 might have suffered combat damage, for it was sent to No.l AD for repair next day. It returned to No.29 Squadron on January 4 1918, but was struck off squadron charge on February 20 after a crash, and was struck off RFC strength three days later.

  • Журнал - Flight за 1918 г.

    A Scout aeroplane on the British Western Front being prepared for a moonlight flight.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Likewise finished aluminium overall, this anonymous Nie.27 had no armament fitted when it was photographed on a spacious airfield, probably in England, with a distant Handley Page O/100 just visible.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Another hybrid Nie.24/27, this time in Turkish service, probably shortly after the Armistice. Again it seems probable that this was a Nie.27 that had acquired a Nie.21 undercarriage.

  • J.Herris - Zeppelin-Staaken Aircraft of WW1. Vol 2: R.VI R.30/16 - E.4/20 /Centennial Perspective/ (48)

    Staaken R.XIVa lined up with Nieuports and Breguets, probably in the Ukraine. In 1919 the German Government allowed DLR to charter a number of aircraft to the Ukraine Government for the transportation of new money for the young state [that the Germans were printing clandestinely]. The Ukraine was at war with Rumania and Poland and wanted to stimulate its economy by introducing a new currency. Some of the DLR aircraft were secretly transferred to the Ukraine and in addition the Ukraine Government chartered the three five-engine Staaken R.XIVa aircraft from DLR. These aircraft had serial numbers R.69, R.70, and R.71 and registration D.129, D.130, and D.131 respecitively. All three were lost. The first, R.69, was confiscated on 29 July by French troops on behalf of the IAACC at the airport of Wien, Aspern. R.71 crashed and burned on 4 August in Oberschlesien. The last Staaken R.XIVa, R.70, commanded by Captain Count Hans Wolf von Harah and with pilots Heinrich Smiltz and Henrig Tretken, was forced down due to fuel problems on 19 September on its way to Kamenets-Podolski. Upon landing the crew was captured by two soldiers of the Rumanian 37th Infantry Regiment. On board the Rumanians found 303 million Griverns (Ukraine roubles), issued 5,6, and 24 October 1918. The Ukraine passengers were sent to a Ukraine-controlled area on the other side of the river Dnestr, while the Germans were imprisoned. The aircraft was repaired by Rumanian aeronautical engineers and flown by Petre Macavei (Technical 1st Lieutenant) and other crew members to the capital of Rumania, Bucharest. On its way the engine caused more trouble, but in the end the aircraft managed to arrive safely. It never flew again, but was stationed at the airport for several years before it was dismantled. Its wooden propellers went to the military museum in Bucharest. Without aircraft, the DLR had to supply new aircraft and offered the Friedrichshafen G.IIIa for Ukraine operations. (Peter M. Grosz collection/STDB)

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: Breguet Br.14 - Франция - 1917Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV/R.XV - Германия - 1917

  • Журнал - Flight за 1918 г.

    ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. - A British scouting squadron. Aeroplanes lined up ready to fly over the enemy lines.
    A well-known photograph of the Nieuports of No.l Squadron, RFC, in the snow at Bailleul on December 27 1917. This is a mixed assembly of Nie.24bis and Nie.27; unfortunately, the wartime censor had obliterated the serial numbers of the aircraft. The nearest is a Nie.27 that has an oddly dark-coloured lower wing, perhaps a replacement on an otherwise aluminium-painted aircraft. The second in the line, a Nie.24bis, has what appears to be a camera gun on the overwing mounting.

  • Журнал - Flight за 1918 г.

    A bombing machine on the British western front in France tucking its eggs under its wings prior to a daylight trip, with one of its attendant fighting scouts in waiting.

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland D.H.4 - Великобритания - 1916

  • W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

    Little is known about this Nieuport single-seater, which was unarmed and might have been a purely experimental aircraft. Its fuselage and undercarriage might have been similar to those of the Nie.17bis, but its all wood fin and rudder resembled those of the Hispano-Suiza powered fighter; the strut-braced tailplane and elevators appeared to be similar to those of previous production types. A Clerget engine of unknown type and output was fitted, and had on its crankshaft an enormous cone de penetration that must have seriously impaired the cooling of the engine. The tailskid was hinged to a small and inept-looking inverted pyramid of struts. The mainplanes had no sweepback, and straight-edged ailerons were fitted. It is not known precisely where this single-seater fitted chronologically in the sequence of Nieuport types.

  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

    An Hispano-Suiza-engined Nieuport prototype was "designed to compete with the SPAD".
    Front view of the Nieuport fighter prototype fitted with a 150-hp Hispano-Suiza engine.

  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

    A Nieuport fighter prototype fitted with a 150-hp Hispano-Suiza engine.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    The advent of the Spad 7 obviously posed a competitive threat to the Nieuport single-sealer, and probably inspired Delage to design this combination of the V-strut sesquiplane with the Hispano-Suiza engine. In a report to the Senior Officer, HQ RNAS Dunkerque, dated November 11 1916, Squadron Commander C I. Courtney, who had visited the Nieuport works, stated that construction of this single-seater had begun. It was virtually a new design, no mere modification of the basic Nie.17. Its faired fuselage and entirely redesigned tail unit gave it clean lines; the lower wings were of proportionately greater chord than those of earlier Nieuports, and the gap was reduced; the ailerons had straight trailing edges. The stern view shows how remarkably wide the fuselage was, and how poor the pilot's downward view must have been. Sqn. Cdr. Courtney wrote in his report. 'M Delage expects great things from this machine' - , but Delage's expectations were not realised. No development nor production ensued; presumably this Nieuport was considered to be no improvement on the Spad.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    This unnumbered fighter prototype appeared to be a somewhat tentative attempt by Delage to break away from the basic design formula that he had squeezed dry. To a fuselage and tail unit that apparently were of more-or-less standard Nie.27 form were attached broad-chord lower wings with two spars. The upper wing apparently had a separate centre section, but seemed to be without sweepback; its ailerons still had straight trailing edges. A more voluminous engine cowling was employed, but the power unit itself was still at Le Rhone of the basic 9J type, though perhaps of enhanced output.

  • W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

    The Nie 27 derivative prototype which used a biplane rather than sesquiplane configuration.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Underside of lower wing root, said to be of a Nie.27. The inter-rib curve at left is the rear edge of the plywood nosing applied to the upper surface of the leading edge.

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    Structure of lower wing, again said to be of a Nie.27, showing the notorious annular fitting for the attachment of the inlerplane V-strut.

  • Журнал - Flight за 1918 г.

    On the British Western Front in France. A Gotha strafer, who recently brought down a Gotha aeroplane.

  • H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/

    William Wendell Rogers in the cockpit of his No 1 Squadron, RFC, Nieuport 24, shortly after joining the unit in the spring of 1917. Rogers was to stay with No 1 Squadron throughout the remainder of the war. Born on Canada's eastern seaboard in 1897, Rogers joined the RFC in 1916 and survived the war as a Captain, with a confirmed victory tally of 9, including the downing of the Gotha flown by Rudolf Klein, commanding officer of KG 3, on 12 December 1917. Happily, Rogers died of old age on 11 January 1967. This image highlights an interesting difference between British and French operated Nieuport 24s, with the British retaining the overwing-mounted Lewis gun, while the French opted for a nose-mounted Vickers gun, synchronised to fire through the propeller arc.

  • D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

    Paul Andrillon explains in these two photos the controls of his Nieuport fighter. (Collection Benoit Henriet)

  • J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

    "FLYING THE FLAG". French ace Lieutenant Charles Nungesser was one of few pilots to fly the rare Nieuport 25 with its more powerful 150-200hp Clerget engine. This particular machine, N.5324, bears Nungesser’s familiar black heart insignia on the fuselage. French colours adorn the wings and fuselage to aid recognition. Beyond, a Nieuport 17bis of No.6 (Naval) Squadron provides escort.